DTIC ADA1005702: Target Acquisition during a Manned pdf

DTIC ADA1005702: Target Acquisition during a Manned

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During a manned real-time reconnaissance mission, providing target information to our military intelligence in a timely, efficient manner is of prime importance. In order to assess target information, the human observer is faced with many influencing variables. The main variables involved during target acquisition consist of the target/background, aircraft, environment, sensor display unit, and the human observer himself. Additionally, for each variable are many other elements which have some influence on the target acquisition process. In acquiring a target during a reconnaissance mission, the human observer has been found to perform this task the most efficiently and economically. Although automatic target detection methods are being pursued to take the place of the human observer, there has been no feasible method of developing a system which has the combined flexibility, programability, quick response, ability to reject clutter, ability to respond to small contrast, ability to respond to high and low ambient illumination, shape and contour matching ability, resolution, ability to detect anomalies in the scenic content, the ability to detect movement and changes, and the ability to make intuitive judgments as the human observer.

In addition, the small weight and volume make the human observer a very effective and economical sensor and data analyzer

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 3/1/1981
• Year: 1981
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Weaver, Mary E, AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH DIRECTORATE OF MISSION ANALYSIS, *AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE, *TARGET ACQUISITION, AVIONICS, OBSERVERS, STANDOFF, REAL TIME, OPTICAL IMAGES, TARGET DISCRIMINATION, RADAR IMAGES, DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INFRARED IMAGES, AIR TO SURFACE, VISUAL PERCEPTION, JUDGEMENT(PSYCHOLOGY), AIR INTELLIGENCE, TELEVISION DISPLAY SYSTEMS

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